Free Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables
Raindrops are a great theme for spring. The free Raindrop Fine motor Mat Printables are a great way to add in some fine motor work during spring.
You can use them for crafts, fine motor mat centers, and more. And you can use the mats that work best for you. And kids will have a blast.
You will find 5 raindrop fine motor mats: raindrop tracing, raindrop template mat, raindrop playdough mat, and raindrop dot marker.
The Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the spring printables on the site.
The Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables are part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the spring section on the subscriber freebie page.
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.
This can be tearing paper, playdough, pencil control, or coloring with a crayon.
Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables
The Raindorp fine motor mats are great way to work on a few fine motor skills for the spring. There are four different raindrop fine motor printables. You have a raindrop template printable, raindrop tracing printable, raindrop playdough mat printable, and raindrop dot marker printable.
Raindrop Template Printable
The raindrop template printable is great for having a template for coloring, torn paper crafts and more. It is a fun learning center activity as well.
Raindrop Tracing Printable
The raindrop tracing printable is great for tracing the raindrop. You have a big raindrop to trace and four small raindrops for kids to trace. It is a blast for kids to trace and color.
Raindrop Playdough Mat Printable
The raindrop playdough mat is fun to help kids learn the shape of a raindrop with a point at the top and a rounded bottom. And it is fun for kids to use the raindrop playdough mat for fine motor activities.
Raindrop Dot Marker Printable
The raindrop dot marker printable has the raindrop all filled in with circles for kids to do. The dot marker raindrop is a great fine motor center for dot markers or hands-on items as well.
Book About Rain for Kids
Down Comes the Rain is a great science book about rain you can use with kids. They can learn more about rain and how it happens.
Things to use with the Raindrop Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- mini dot markers
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Raindrop Fine Motor Mats Printables
There are just suggestions of ways to use the different raindrop fine motor mats. And you might have other ideas as well!
Ways to use Raindrop Template Printable
You will see a few ways that we have used the raindrop template.
Color the Raindrop Template Printable
You can color the raindrop with crayons or markers. It is a fun way for kids to have fun using the raindrop in a fun learning center.
Make a Torn Paper Raindrop
You can use the template and make a torn paper raindrop. It is super simple to do and fun for kids. And tearing the paper works great on fine motor skills. Construction paper works great for this craft.
Finger Paint the Raindrop
You can also use finger paints and finger paint the raindrop for younger kids. This is a great way to use it for tot and preschool age kids.
Ways to use Raindrop Tracing Printable
You will see a few ways that we have used the raindrop tracing.
Trace, Color, and Cut Out the Raindrop Tracing Printable
You can use the four raindrop to trace the raindrop, color the raindrops, and then cut out the raindrops to use with a craft or other things.
This is a great way to add more fine motor in with this activity.
Reuse the Trace the Raindrop Printable
You can reuse the tracing raindrop in a fine motor center. You can print on cardstock and laminate or put in a sheet protector.
Then use a dry erase markers to trace the lines.
Ways to use Raindrop Playdough Mat Printable
You will see a few suggestion on how to use the raindrop playdough mat.
Use Playdough on the Rain Playdough Mat Printable
You can put the rain playdough mat in a sheet protector or laminate it.
You can use playdough snakes to fill the shape on the raindrop. You can make one long snake and see if they can make it fit just right.
Or it might be fun to make lots of little playdough snakes to fill the area around the raindrop.
Trace Around the Raindrop on the Rain Playdough Mat Printable
Another great idea is to put in a sheet protector and then use a big dry erase markers to trace between the lines on the playdough mat.
Another way to work on fine motor skills with the same raindrop mat.
Ways to use Raindrop Dot Marker Printable
You will see a few ways to use these raindrop dot marker printables. And remember these are just suggestions and you might have more fine motor ideas as well.
Reuse the Dot Marker the Raindrop Printable
You can reuse the dot marker raindrop printables. You can use blue glass gems or blue clear counters. And we use both a lot.
The glass gems are best for kids who struggle with fine motor and the clear counters work great for kids who have great fine motor skills and need a challenge.
You can see the clear counters below.
Use Dot Markers on the Dot Marker Raindrop Printable
But you can use dot markers on the circles. This is a great fine motor activity to dot all the cirles on the raindrop.
What you will find in the Free Raindrop Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 1 Raindrop Templates
- 2 Raindrop Tracing Mats
- 1 Raindrop Playdough Mat
- 1 Raindrop Dot Marker Mats
- 5 pages
Spring Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 9 fun spring fine motor mats together in a fun bundle.
What you will find in the Spring Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 9 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker, q-tip and playdough mats.
- Spring Fine Motor Mats: Baseball, Earth, Easter Egg, Ladybug, Rainbow, Raindrop, Tree, Tulip, dinosaur egg,
- 44 pages
- Price: $4
More Spring Printables for Kids
Rain & Umbrella Themed Spring Pack For PreK & Kindergarten is a great spring theme for kids to learn with. Loads of hands-on and no-prep ideas for kids to use.
Spring Theme Prewriting Printable is fun and easy with two different types of lines. You have 14 pages of spring prewriting printables for kids to use in preschool and PreK.
Spring Dot Marker Printables are loads of fun with tree and flower themes. These are great fine motor work for spring. They are great in preschool, prek and kindergarten.
Fun Spring Themed Gross Motor Dice is a great way to get kids moving! You have six fun spring gross motor movements for kids.
Check out all the fun Spring Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com